Improvement in seeders and tertiiiizers combined



W. B. MYERS.

Corn Planter,

N0.106,500. Patented Aug. 10, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 106,500, dated August 16, 1 870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDERS AND FERTILIZERS COMBINED.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WASHINGTON B. Mrnns, of Hampton, in the county ofAdams and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulIm-' I will now. proceed to describe its construction and operation,referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinalvertical section Figure 2 is a plan view; and g Figurcvli is acrosssection of the hopper.

A represents the frame of my machine, mounted j upon two wheels, .B B,the drivers seat 0 being supported on the center of the axle.

The two hoppersD I) are connected at the bottom by a board, a, which ispivoted on the cent-er beam of the frame A." y

From this board a bar, b, extends toward the rear, which bar isperforated with a series of holes, for the insertion of a spring hook,d, attached to the'axle of the machine.

The object of this hook is not only to hold the hoppers in their properposit-ion, but also to change the hoppers out of square, as will beottcu'neoessary in finishing a field not square-the headland, forinstance.

The hoppers D D are each divided into two oompartmcnts, one for corn orother grain, and the other for the fertilizer.

The bottoms of the fertilizer-compartments are perloratcd with anydesired number of holes, while'the corn-coinpartments have only oneopening each.

Above the opening in the corn-box is placed a brush,

j, which operates on top of the slide E, said slide passing through boththe hoppers.

The slide E is suitably perforated, to correspond with the perforationsin the bottoms of the hoppers, and is operated by means of the lever G,to plant the corn and distribute the fertilizer at the same time.

Under the apertures through which the corn is dropped are spouts, H, toconduct the corn into the furrow made by the plows I I.

These plows are, as usual, attached to shanks, J J, and said shanks are,on their front sides, provided with projections or arms, 0 c, which arehinged or pivoted to the frame A in front of the spouts H H.

Two levers, K K, are pivoted, by one bolt or pivot, to each plow-shankJ, the lever K being also pivoted to a bar, g, projecting downward fromthe frame of the machine.

The lever K is what iscalled a broken lever--that is, consisting of twopieces pivoted together at the ends in one line. The piece of this levernearest to the plow-shank is also pivoted to a bar projecting from theframe, and the other piece of the broken lever is, in like manner,pivoted to zrbar from the frame of the machine.

By this arrangement, the plows I I can readily be adj ustcd to run deepor shallow, as may he'desircd, the rear ends of the levers K K beingwithin reach of the driver from his seat.

Having thus fully described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hoppers D D, connected as described, and rendered adjustable byspring hook (I and perforated bar I), substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The arrangement of the frame A, hoppers D D, slide 1*], spouts H H,plow-shanks J J, and levers K K, all constructed as described, tooperate substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein setforth. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aifix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: WASHINGTON B. MYERS.

DANIEL S. OHRDNISTER, J om: HENRY MYERs.

